The first visit from Turkey 19.april - 22.april 2012
After a canal tour to see Copenhagen from the seaside we dinned at a restaurant called “Riz Raz”. We introduced ourselves to each other, and took a seat at the restaurant. We sat mixed at the dinner tables, and we ordered a buffet. The buffet consisted of vegetarian food only, and the food didn’t agree with the Turkish taste, because they almost only ate meat. Slowly we began to learn about Turkish culture, and the other way around. Although we did not know each other that well, we started to make friendly jokes about each other, and our eating practice, which was kind of an icebreaker. We started to talk about our hobbies, the different cultures and how to say “hey” in Turkish etc.
The day after our first meeting, we met at Flæsketorvet (another part of Rysensteen Campus) to hear about Turkey. We all greeted each other with a smile, and had a short conversation about yesterday. Then they showed us a PowerPoint presentation, which had many pictures of the wonderful things to experience in Turkey, and some nice Turkish background music to match the pictures. We saw pictures of Turkish national attractions and Turkish food, and got a little taste of what we can expect when we visit in 3.g (12th grade). They passed around some hazelnuts, Turkish pistachios and some Turkish Delight, and they made sure that we all had our hands full of some delicious Turkish snacks. After the introduction of Turkey, they handed out some letters from our Turkish friends, whom we are visiting in 3.g. It was nice to finally get this letter, and to have created a contact. Then we split into the groups we each have been working in in the topics: free time activities, sports in different arenas, human rights and free time and social network. We talked about the different aspects of the subject and had a great time sharing our stories and information. In the end of the lesson, most of us Danish students had to rush over to get a prom-ticket, so we couldn’t stay and talk more to our new friends, but we all got a delicious sandwich and said goodbye. Later on in the day, we rooted for our Turkish friends who had now become players in the soccer tournament of Rysensteen. They did a great job with different rules and all.
Sunday morning we met at 10 o’clock with our Turkish guests at the National Museum. We saw an exhibition called “Europe”, where you see Europe’s development over the past 2000 years.
The tour guide gave us a good picture of the whole history of Europe and all of the things that have occurred. When the tour ended we went to lunch at “Jensens Bøfhus” (Jensen is a normal Danish last name and ‘bøfhus’ means steakhouse) and had a great burger. The Turkish guests liked the burgers, compared to the vegetarian buffet at the restaurant “Riz Raz”.
At “Jensens Bøfhus” we got to talk a lot with the Turkish guests and they were really friendly. Our conversation went smooth: some subjects we talked about were sports, Turkey, Denmark, youth, parents, school and hobbies. At the end of the day we said goodbye and took a group photo of all of us. The Turkish guests didn’t want to go home and wanted to spend more time with us. We definitely wanted the same thing.
We all - both teachers and students - look very much forward to the next exchange!
The day after our first meeting, we met at Flæsketorvet (another part of Rysensteen Campus) to hear about Turkey. We all greeted each other with a smile, and had a short conversation about yesterday. Then they showed us a PowerPoint presentation, which had many pictures of the wonderful things to experience in Turkey, and some nice Turkish background music to match the pictures. We saw pictures of Turkish national attractions and Turkish food, and got a little taste of what we can expect when we visit in 3.g (12th grade). They passed around some hazelnuts, Turkish pistachios and some Turkish Delight, and they made sure that we all had our hands full of some delicious Turkish snacks. After the introduction of Turkey, they handed out some letters from our Turkish friends, whom we are visiting in 3.g. It was nice to finally get this letter, and to have created a contact. Then we split into the groups we each have been working in in the topics: free time activities, sports in different arenas, human rights and free time and social network. We talked about the different aspects of the subject and had a great time sharing our stories and information. In the end of the lesson, most of us Danish students had to rush over to get a prom-ticket, so we couldn’t stay and talk more to our new friends, but we all got a delicious sandwich and said goodbye. Later on in the day, we rooted for our Turkish friends who had now become players in the soccer tournament of Rysensteen. They did a great job with different rules and all.
Sunday morning we met at 10 o’clock with our Turkish guests at the National Museum. We saw an exhibition called “Europe”, where you see Europe’s development over the past 2000 years.
The tour guide gave us a good picture of the whole history of Europe and all of the things that have occurred. When the tour ended we went to lunch at “Jensens Bøfhus” (Jensen is a normal Danish last name and ‘bøfhus’ means steakhouse) and had a great burger. The Turkish guests liked the burgers, compared to the vegetarian buffet at the restaurant “Riz Raz”.
At “Jensens Bøfhus” we got to talk a lot with the Turkish guests and they were really friendly. Our conversation went smooth: some subjects we talked about were sports, Turkey, Denmark, youth, parents, school and hobbies. At the end of the day we said goodbye and took a group photo of all of us. The Turkish guests didn’t want to go home and wanted to spend more time with us. We definitely wanted the same thing.
We all - both teachers and students - look very much forward to the next exchange!